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March 5, 1969 Mr. Dan E. Sweat, Jr. Office of th e Mayor City Hall Atl a nta, Georgia 30303 Dear Mr . Sweat : Please pardon the de lay in r eplying to your l e tt e r of February 25 , which was due to my absence from the office. In an swer to your questions: 1. A 11 minimum 11 of about 3500 f t. t o st a r t , whi c h wo uld a ccomo dat e about 45/50 pe ople. Exc ept for an ar ea approximat e ly 4 1 x 6 1 , th e loa d woul d be very light . A t r uck loa d i ng doc k. an d acce s s wo uld be r equ ir ed . 2 . Re lative ly small quantiti e s of 220V , 3 ph.,60 cy. powe r. 25 H. P. to st art . 3. Appr ox. No rail a cc e ss nece s sary , truck only. 4 . Some p robably , dep e nding on public transpor t a t ion availabl e t o 3 it e s e l e ct ed . 5 . Op e r a t ion s one s hi f t only usually , but t wo sh if t s feas ibl e. pe r i ods not Impor t ant to op e rations . Shift 6. Avera ge earn ings ba se d on product i on p i ece r a te s should be l . 90 to 2.2 5 per hou r . 1.60 minimum . 7 . Concentr a ted tr a i n i ng about t hr ee mont hs . us ua ll y r equ ir ed for a tra i nee to r ea c h f ull pote nt ia l . 8. Nine t o twe lve months Industria l powe r s ewi ng ma ch in e s - Singe r c la s s 26 2- 2. o r si mi lar . I have J us t no tic ed t hat s omehow a coup l e of pa ragr aph s we re omitt ed fromny l e tter t o Mayor All en. The r e wou ld be a r eq u irement f o r a SBA , o r s imil a r , l oan. abso l ut el y no qu est ion of It s secur i t y. ) - 1- (Bu t, th e re wou ld be �Mr. Dan E. Sweat, Jr. March 5, 1969 Page #2 I had visualized an all-negro operation but this is, of course, not an essential re quir eme nt from my stan dpoint. Ba sed on actions I took seve ral years ago, there is available a Negro plant manager, a nd Negro quali f i e d s ew ing t each e rs and supervi sors. I actually did not plan a branch plant as s uch but rather the establishment of a succ e ssful Negro own e d an d op e rated bu 3iness, with my help and some form of outside financing. Any financial gain to me would accrue in d irectly f rom this company's ef forts in marketing the product. Thi s i s of course a major factor in the assured financial succ e ss of th e ope ration . I would be happy to ans wer any additional questions you might have. Yours ve ry truly , .~ Roy W. Ma nn br C,;),fri~ �